LONDON, Jan 3: Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Maleeha Lodhi said on Saturday that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit gave Pakistan and India a historic opportunity to kick start a formal dialogue process.

The summit was important as it also helped the SAARC countries to push the process of regional cooperation. She said when political relations between New Delhi and Islamabad were better the prospects for regional cooperation would also be better.

Dr Lodhi said it was important to look at the summit as an historic opportunity.-APP

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